Comments on: Do You Own A US Oil Company?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:30:12 +0000

ohh this was good, you may be a marketing person, but you’ve brought up some very interesting things that i knew dogshit about, and that’s not a bad thing! it’s pretty good if people who aren’t “experts” make an opinion on something, seems more relevant than the people who claim to know it all.

By: Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:15:29 +0000

ohhhh no he di’int…

By: Joseph Rose

Joseph Rose — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:56:19 +0000

Wait… if your dog had AIDS, that would mean… ahh fuck it.

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:55:46 +0000

i’m with him on into the wild.
as for “outrageous” profits… it’s all relative, and while big oil has its share of fat cats with corrupt politicians in pocket (a topic i would have explored more had i the time and / or knowledge- maybe later), the government makes roughly the same amount from taxing the oil companies as the oil companies themselves net. taxing those “outrageous profits” even more, as many “disgusting hippies” are calling for, would just drive gas prices higher and hurt our economy even more.

By: Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:18:40 +0000

Jesus Christ, man. After reading your “Why I’m Voting for John McCain” and “Into the Wild Sucks, Big Time” pieces, I believe you wholeheartedly. But in no way, shape or form do I agree with you.

Buying stock in an oil company as an alternative for protesting their outrageous profits? Really? Wow… I really just can’t bring myself to really jump into this kind of argument at the moment, for fear that I’m missing some subtle indication that your entire comment was intended to be a ridiculous joke.

*Disgusting F. Hippie

By: misanthropy

misanthropy — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:47:05 +0000

Great, great post. Really clear headed look at the oil industry. Whenever people complain about the “oil companies profits” i say, “its a public company, buy some stock”.

I think one larger issue is that companies like Exxon have to buy a lot of oil from Middle Eastern governments.

when i supported the iraq war I did so because I wanted to price of sandwiches to go down. Think about it man, if gas is only .10 cents a gallon (after invading iraq) then sandwiches will only be .05 cents. Dont you see? Because of the GAS it takes to run the sandwich machines!

Essentially, we’re about to hit the gasoline jackpot, we just need to load up some tankers with Iraqi oil and make a goddamned run for it.

In case you think this is sarcasm i’m being totally, serious. Read my website if you dont believe me.

And, when you’re sinking your liberal teeth into a 5 cent pastrami on rye, thank your friend George Bush you disgusting hippie (this aimed at nobody in particular).

Good article, thanks again.